Here is a VERY RARE Reproduction of only 8 pages from 1958 Pittsburgh Bicentennial by George Swetnam [the original book is very rare and expensive] regarding  a chapter entitled "Witness for Jehovah" some 8 pages of history not found in most other books dealing with Pastor C.T. Russell, his early years in Pittsburgh and the beginnings of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society as well as Jehovah's Witnesses. The book mentions how Russell's influence was greater than any other man coming out of that city except perhaps Andrew Carnigie. It is very well written and favorable and unbiased towards the Bible Students known as Jehovah's Witnesses. This book is mentioned in the 12/8/1984 AWAKE! pg 6 :
 The Advent of Phonographs and Movies
In 1887 Thomas Edison invented the first motor-driven phonograph playing cylindrical wax records. In that same year Emile Berliner went one better by using a flat disc and a horizontally moving needle. Thus was born the phonograph, or record player. Parallel to this there were great strides in the making of motion pictures. In 1896 the United States witnessed its first public screening of a silent movie.
Just 16 years later the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society made use of these two inventions to give more impetus to the preaching of the Kingdom message. In 1912 work was started on an ambitious pioneering project. The publication Where Else but Pittsburgh! said of it: “The first epic motion picture. It was called ‘The Photo-Drama of Creation,’ and although it appeared 15 years before other sound pictures were produced, it offered a combination of motion and still pictures synchronized with a recorded lecture. It was in four parts, running a total of eight hours, and was viewed by some 8,000,000 people.” It served to give a tremendous witness from 1914 onward.


To All Collectors of Watchtower Publications:

        Welcome to our bookstore / museum: WTArchive, a source of Watchtower memorabilia, historical Bibles, books, and research.

   Since the "Proclaimers" book came out in 1993 the desire to have a personal library or museum of Watchtower items has grown.

   We offer here on eBay hundreds of historical Bibles, both original and as facsimiles, such as the Gutenberg Bible, Tyndale and about 250 others. We also offer many original Bible leafs that are hundreds of years old. We offer museum replicas and facsimiles of Biblical artifacts and many other things of interest to Jehovah's Witnesses and others interested in Biblical historical artifacts such as items related to the Divine Name "Jehovah" going back thousands of years. We also have many of the books quoted in publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses and hundreds of photos and reproductions of memorabilia from the 19th to early 20th Centuries such as the Photo-Drama of Creation. We have items such as the Dead Sea Scrolls and other replica artifacts from Bible times. Many people are interested in copying to the best of their ability the Bethel Library including the thousands of books referred to and quoted from in the many publications of Jehovah’s Witnesses for research. We have books dealing with the following topics:

Hundreds of Bible Translations,

Biblical Reference Books,

Early Christianity,

History,

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Pagan Origins,

Archaeology,

Jehovah's Witnesses,

Holocaust,

Books related to prophecy about 1914,

Books by or about Jehovah's Witnesses,

Blood transfusion alternatives,

and many other subjects.

If you are one of Jehovah's Witnesses, I encourage you to donate theocratic historical items if you can and if you are not a Witness, then I encourage you to continue to search God's Word the Bible and related publications to guide and aid you in your search for Jehovah God your Creator.

   According to our Scriptural conscience and Biblical principle to receive free and give free no recent or new publications are ever sold here on eBay which can be obtained for free at a Kingdom Hall.

"This means everlasting life their coming to know you, the only true God, and of the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ" John 17:3

"And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come" Matt. 24:14. {New World Translation 2013 Edition}.